Books in Eyewitness Junior series

From a butterfly that tastes with its feet to honeybees that communicate with one another by dancing, this information-packed, photographic study takes a close-up look at the world of unusual insects.

Full-color photos. See how all kinds of animals protect themselves by means of built-in scales, spikes, and spines; antlers, horns, and tusks; bony plates and shells; and sometimes just extra-thick skin.

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Follow the fascinating path of human flight and flying machines, from the first early attempts in the Middle Ages to the development of highly advanced instruments and tools on board the modern aircraft. In-depth facts and colour photographs make this a useful reference resource for younger readers.

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"Eyewitness Guides" are best-selling, high-quality visual information books. This title is a valuable resource to students whether they want to learn how deep a sperm whale can dive or why whales migrate thousands of kilometres.

Full-color photos & full-color illus. Fabulous photos reveal the differences between these two families of insects and an easy-to-read text explains why moths are attracted to light, why some caterpillars are so hairy, and more.

Head into battle and discover all the different types of arms and armour - from the first prehistoric hand axes used in the Stone Age to the battledress of a Japanese Samurai.

Full-color photos. Take a look at the evolution, anatomy, and behavior of those fabulous felines--how they were revered by the ancient Egyptians and then reviled during the Middle Ages, why they nearly always land on their feet when they fall, and how the most cuddly house cat resembles its fiercest wild relative.

Focusing on the subject of trees, this reference book has been structured so that the individual themes of each spread make up a complete visual story and a self-contained module of information.

Full-color photos. Take a close-up look at the elegant "lions of the sky"--how eagles catch, kill, and eat their prey, how owls fly so silently, which hawk uses a spider's web to protect its nest, and more.